Excerpts – Page 4 – One Book a Week

Robin Hood – The most immoral human symbol – Excerpt from Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)

I freakishly love Atlas Shrugged. This mammoth of a book from the Objectivist Ayn Rand. This is a small excerpt from the middle of the book – just after laws were given to rob from the rich and give to the poor, to make all men equal (which is in today’s world called The Robin HoodContinue reading “Robin Hood – The most immoral human symbol – Excerpt from Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)”

The Talisman * Stephen King Excerpt * The Multi-verse of the Dark Tower

This excerpt is taken from The Talisman. It’s just after Jack took possession of the fabled treasure and he realised that he was holding the axis mundi.

Woman Boss – Quote from Robber Bride (Margaret Atwood)

This is the story of Roz – the CEO of a woman’s magazine. She’s good with her money and she has some good insight as to what it means to be a woman boss. Quote from “Robber Bride” from Margaret Atwood (p112)

He doesn’t love you – Excerpt from Robber Bride (Margaret Atwood)

This book is full of raw dialogue – raw because you can sometimes feel it resonate within you. Raw because it makes you think … would have I reacted the same way? Would I have done the same things? Would I have known? Excerpt is taken from Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood – a discussionContinue reading “He doesn’t love you – Excerpt from Robber Bride (Margaret Atwood)”

The Lovely Bones – Excerpt about death

This is one of my favourite parts from The Lovely Bones “You don’t notice the dead leaving when they really choose to leave you. You’re not meant to. At most you feel them as a whisper or the wave of a whisper undulating down. I would compare it to a woman in the back ofContinue reading “The Lovely Bones – Excerpt about death”

Asineth’s Lesson of Good and Evil (Hart’s Hope)

This is one of my favourite excerpts from Hart’s Hope * Orson Scott Card It explains the meaning of power and what it means to challenge the power of a king.

Saint Odd Excerpt (Dean Koontz) – The carnival

This specific section of the book moved me. Kudos to Mr. Koontz for so skillfully capturing what draws us to amusement parks and for so perfectly describing it to us. Quote is from Saint Odd (from the Odd Thomas Series). The book is really good and I’ll post a full review when finished. I walkedContinue reading “Saint Odd Excerpt (Dean Koontz) – The carnival”

Hart’s Hope * Orson Scott Card book review

Having read Enchantment, I figured another fairy tale book from Orson Scott Card would prove a good and entertaining read. I am quite happy to tell you that yes, yes it was. Built in the style of German fairy tales, the story line contains some PG13 content and sometimes some PG15 content. It’s not forContinue reading “Hart’s Hope * Orson Scott Card book review”

Schau heimwärts, Engel – THOMAS WOLFE

… ein Stein, ein Blatt, eine nie gefundene Tür; von einem Stein, einem Blatt, einer Tür. Und von all den vergessenen Gesichtern. Nackt und allein gingen wir ins Exil. In ihrem dunklen Schoß kannten wir das Gesicht unserer Mutter nicht, und aus dem Ge fängnis ihres Fleisches hatten wir in das unaussprechliche und unsagbare GefängnisContinue reading “Schau heimwärts, Engel – THOMAS WOLFE”

Once in your life you can find someone who can turn your world around

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals thatContinue reading “Once in your life you can find someone who can turn your world around”